Sleek Solstice Highlighting Palette - Review

So highlighter is all the rage right now and I've seen this palette in a couple videos on YouTube, and people seem to love it. I've never really been into highlighters because of my oily skin, but since this is a drugstore item I thought I would give it a go.

First off, this is absolutely stunning inside and out. The shiny gold packaging makes it seem very luxurious and the colors in the palette are beautiful.

There is one cream highlighter a powder and two baked powders in this palette.

Ecliptic - cream bronze
Hemisphere - baked lilac
Subsolar - powder yellow
 Equinox - baked champagne gold

(bottom to top: Ecliptic, Hemisphere, Subsolar, Equinox)

On the box you get a guide on how to use every shade, but you can of course use any shade where you prefer. The directions on the box are - Ecliptic on the browbone, Hemisphere on the cheekbones, Subsolar on the bridge of the nose and Equinox on the cupid's bow. 

Personally I do not like to highlight the bridge of my nose, so instead I used Subsolar in the inner corners of my eyes and that looked very nice. I used the other shades as directed and I liked the look except Hemisphere didn't look that good with the brown blush I was wearing that day, so I would suggest matching Hemisphere with a pinky blush. The Highlighters does not show up as colorful as they are swatched in the picture, only Hemisphere has a slight pink purple hue when blended out, which is why I think it would look great with a pink blush.

I've heard people say that it is not possible to use the cream highlighter as an eyeshadow which is true if you're trying to use it as an eyeshadow base. I tired making an eyeshadow look with the cream highlighter as an allover color and dabbed a bit of the purple highlighter on top and it looked great! And it lasted like all my other cream eyeshadows with a primer underneath, but you will need a primer for these to stay on your eyes. 

I really love this palette and I think it has many uses, plus I've seen another blogger say that Equinox is a Becca Champagne Pop dupe, but she didn't include a picture of the two compared though she had both products, so I'll just take her word for it. 

I hope this was helpful!

~Kira